News

• Various brief newsitems and other information.
• In Memoriam: Stan Goldovski.
• A Chess Variant Survey. David Moeser asks who would be interested in a chess variant meeting in North America.

Game competitions

• Contests held on the Chess Variant Pages.
• 2nd English Progressive Chess Championship. Held in 1998/1999.
• Mindsports Olympiad. Tournament of several games, including Shogi and Xiangqi. (Link.)

Interviews

• Interview with Robert Abbott, inventor of Ultima.
• Interview with Michael Adams. A brief interview with chess grandmaster Adams on his upcoming match in Fischer Random Chess with Leko.
• Interview with Ralph Betza, the grandmaster of chess variant invention.
• Interview with Jean-Louis Cazaux: The Art of Chess Variants: an interview with French chess variant books author Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Interview with Ben Good. Ben was winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 38 squares.
• Interview with Darren Izzard, winner of the contest to design a chess variant on a board with 40 squares.
• Interview with David Li: The Beauty of Kriegspiel. David Li is author of several books, two on Kriegspiel.
• Interview with Peter Leko. Chess grandmaster comments on upcoming match of Fischer Random Chess.
• Interview with Seth McGinnis. Seth was the winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 39 squares.
• Interview with David Pritchard, author of the Encyclopedia of Chess Variants and other books.
• Interview with Tony Quintanilla, winner of the contest to design a chess variant on 41 squares.

People's pages

• Jim Aikin's Chess Variants
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• Ralph Betza's pages on Chess Variants, including: Ralph Betza's pages About the Value of Chess Pieces.
• Jean-Louis Cazaux, information on his recent book: Guide des échecs exotiques et insolites. (Link.)
• Fergus Duniho. Information on chess variant games he has invented, as well as a chess variant construction set. (Link.)
• Jeff Elmore: 3D pictures and rules (Link.)
• Ethan Hunt: The 65th Square (Link.)
• George Jelliss: A Guide to Variant Chess (Link.)
• Fabrice Liardet. Tons of Losing Chess, lots of Bughouse, and a few others too. In French. (Link.)
• Andrea Mori. Italian and English information on chess variants. (Link.)
• Alexandre Muñiz: Web Thing. (Link.)
• Joao Pedro Neto: Chess Variants website. (Link.)
• Larry Lynn Smith: The Rules of Jetan (Link.)
• Mark Thompson: Abstract Games Web site (Link.)
• Vu Vo's Home Page: Quang Trung Chess (Link.)

Translations

• Japanese Translation of the Chess Variant Pages. Maintained by Katsutoshi Seki. (Link.)
• Russian translations of the Chess Variant Pages. Maintained by Pavel Tikhomirov. (Link.)
• De Schaak Variant Pagina's. Dutch translations of some materials on the Chess Variant Pages.

Miscellaneous information

• Tree. Displays a complete and detailed listing of this site. Takes a while to load.
• Looking to buy some chess variant games or books? Give the Chess Variant Pages Shop a visit!
• Yahoo! Clubs chessvariants. Our Official club at Yahoo. The place to discuss chess variants. (Link.)
• Retrochess: A challenge. Can you make a good chess variant based on retrograde chess analysis?
• A world chess variants organization? An idea of Richard Hutnik that asks for your comments.
• The Complexity of Large Chess Variants. Information on theoretical computer science results for large chess variants. By Eli Bachmutsky.
• IBM Patent Server. Many US patents on chess variants can be found here. (Link.)
• Chess Perversions. Column of Dutch chess author Hans Ree. (Link.)
• The world of fairy chess.
• Request for information from David Pritchard, and information about his Encyclopedia.
• AISE yearbook. Lots and lots of information about chess variants, in Italian - for use on PC. (Latest version: February 1997.) (Link.)
• Announcement of 3rd Heterochess Olympic Games.
• A Strategic Metagame Player for General Chess-like games. (Link.) Information on this metagame player.
• Review of Archon. Archon is a chess-resembling computer game. (Link.)
• Caissa's War: a chess variant in preparation.
• Endgame analysis. A computer analysis of endgames with fantasy chess pieces.
• Endgame analysis for hexagonal chess, with 2 pieces and kings, by Dave McCooey.
• Mario Velucchi's Personal Interests. Lots of chess (variant/puzzle) links and materials. (Link.)
• Pictures of chess pieces.
• ASCII art of Chess and fairy chess pieces.
• Algebraic-Numerical Chess Notation. A new chess notation, proposed by mathematician Missoum.
• Soccer-Football Notation. Describe soccer or football games in chess notation.
• List of fairy chess pieces, compiled by Frank Truelove.
• Rules Extensions for Chess Variants, by Hans Aberg.
• A Glossary of Basic Chess Variant Terms. A core glossary of terms used in the Chess Variant world. By John William Brown.
• co_art. Uses a 7x7 grid to allow users to express themselves through colors. By Ulli Purwin.
• A game in the train with Euwe. Story of a chess game where pawns promote to kings.

Some chess variants links

• Chess Space. See also their Chess Variants link page. (Link.)
• FIDE Laws of Chess.
• Ricards' PBEM server. Server, helping to play chess, some chess variants, and many other board games by email. (Link.)
• Chessence (Link.)
• Varying Chess (Link.)
• A Guide to Variant Chess (Link.)

Links for other games

• The Game Cabinet. Rules for several games. (Link.)
• Games Domain. Mostly information on computer games (a lot!), but also on other games. (Link.)
• Information on World Game Review. A periodical.
• Luding. Extensive German games site. (Link.)
• The Boardgames Book. Derek Hohls' website on free boardgames.
• Boardgames: The Mining Company. Well-designed index to information on boardgames on the net.
• MSO Worldwide - Board games & puzzles online, news, links, articles by recognized experts & information on upcoming Mind Sport events.
• Board Games. Large board games link page. (Link.)
• The Games Journal (Link.)
• Abstract Games Club (Link.)
• Variations on Go (Link.)
• Atlantis Puzzles, Games and Art (Link.)
• Logic Mazes (Robert Abbott's Webpages) (Link.)

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